Hi Richard, > I am just getting started in Debian package building and I need to > know if this idea is valid or if there is a better way. It's my > understanding that building Debian packages is best done in a Sid > environment. Since I'm not running Sid on any of my machines, I had > the though of using VirtualBox on my Ubuntu machine to create a clean > Sid build environment. Does this make sense?
I was in the same situation as you just some days ago (see messages around 2008-07-22). I was recommended using a chroot for development. Ubuntu and Debian are close enough for it to work nearly painlessly. A good tool to initialize the chroot is "debootstrap". And to actually use the chroot, "schroot" is useful. This is not to say that your VirtualBox idea is not a good one. Maybe "User-Mode Linux" would be even more appropriate. However, let us know how it works out if you try. Best regards, Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
